Marks out of 10: Australia player ratings for the 2022 T20 World Cup

Aaron Finch (c) – 4/10

107 runs @ 53.50, HS: 63, SR: 110.30

The skipper was, for the most part, a pale shadow of himself. Like his opening partner, he struggled for runs, which was most evident during a painstaking 42-ball unbeaten 31 against Sri Lanka. While he ended with the highest average among Australian batters in this tournament, it was a largely forgettable edition as player and captain, even with the 44-ball 63 against Ireland. A lingering hamstring issue did not help in what is expected to be his swansong.

David Warner – 2/10

44 runs @ 11.00, HS: 25, SR: 107.31

Probably Australia’s biggest dud this time, Warner had looked in ominous form leading up to their first game but came up a cropper when it really mattered. Scores of 5, 11, 3 and 25, at a strike rate of 107, headlined Australia’s woes. Not a single six came off his bat.

Mitch Marsh – 3/10

106 runs @ 26.50, HS: 45, SR: 130.86

The Player of the Match in the 2021 final, Marsh was expected to be the fluent anchor at N0.3, armed with the ability to improvise and change gear. And while he did it to a certain extent, the impact knock just did not come. His starts did not translate into bigger scores. He was absent with the ball, too, sending down just one over.

Glenn Maxwell – 6.5/10

118 runs @ 39.33, SR: 161.64, HS: 54*; 3 wickets @ 6.33, ER: 6.00, BBI: 2-14

Australia’s top order was not the only aspect that misfired. Weighed down by low returns leading into the Cup, Maxwell could not become their middle-order messiah either. He briefly sparkled against New Zealand and Sri Lanka, but the instinct to explode led to him losing his wicket at critical junctures [he did end up with the best strike rate for Australia]. A brisk fifty against Afghanistan was too little, too late for their campaign. With the ball, he was surprisingly nifty, taking as many wickets as some of the frontline bowlers.

Marcus Stoinis – 8/10

126 runs @ 42.00, SR: 161.53, HS: 59*

Stoinis played his game when the others around him scratched around. Had it not been for him, Australia would have had fewer points and an even worse net run rate. Against Sri Lanka, he brought a flailing chase alive with a 17-ball fifty. He gave Maxwell and Finch a helping hand in the next two games while maintaining a healthy strike rate. His bowling was adequate for a third/fourth change.

Tim David – 5/10

26 runs@ 26.00, SR: 144.44, HS: 15*

Probably batting lower than he would have liked, David played just a couple of innings, chipping in with a few lusty hits but nothing more. An 11 and a 15 in a big loss and an easy win doesn’t quite indicate what he can offer.

Matthew Wade – 2/10

15 runs @ 7.50, SR: 100, HS: 7*

One of the heroes of Australia’s title win last year, Wade failed to capitalise on his chances. Only two fours [and no sixes] came off his bat in the fifteen balls he played, and his consistently low returns probably left Australia with fewer runs on the board than they would have liked.

Pat Cummins – 5/10

3 wickets @ 44.00, ER: 8.25, BBI: 2-28

Not quite his tournament this time. Cummins’s recent struggles as a death bowler have been spoken about, and they continued this time, when he managed just one wicket in four innings in the last four overs, leaking runs at 10 an over. Despite his flickering form, Australia continued, and the Test captain ended up having a rather average and unimpactful campaign.

Mitchell Starc – 5/10

3 wickets @ 34.00, ER: 8.50, BBI: 2-28

Starc saw the good, bad and ugly across his three games. He ran into a red-hot Finn Allen in the first game, before pulling things back with a neat display against Sri Lanka, despite not getting the new ball. Against Ireland, he conceded nearly 11 an over and was tactically left out of what turned out to be their final game against Afghanistan.

Adam Zampa – 8.5/10

5 wickets @ 16.00, ER: 6.66, BBI: 2-19

One of the few bright spots for Australia, Zampa consistently delivered the goods, prising out middle- and lower-order wickets while keeping the runs in check [a third of his deliveries in the middle overs were dots]. He missed one game due to Covid-19 but was back soon, but did not quite get as much support from the others.

Josh Hazlewood – 7/10

5 wickets @ 24.80, ER: 8.26, BBI: 2-33

The top-ranked T20I bowler not too long ago, Hazlewood’s glittering reputation did not lose much sheen, but Australia would have definitely expected more. It was at the death that Hazlewood’s numbers suffered – he conceded runs at 10.66 – picking just one wicket. With the new ball, he was relatively better, bowling 26 dots in 48 deliveries.

Steve Smith – 2/10

4 runs @ 4.00, SR: 100, HS: 4

Onto the one-gamers. Smith was not expected to play much of a role in a packed middle-order, making just one appearance when both Finch and David were unavailable. The stay lasted four balls.

Cam Green – 3/10

3 runs @ 3.00, SR: 150, HS: 3; 0 wickets, ER: 6.50

A lot was said about Green and what he can offer even more to a world-beating side, but Green did not find a spot until late into the tournament. A three-ball stay and a wicketless two-over spell would be a mere footnote if he ends up enjoying a great career.

Kane Richardson – 2/10

1 wicket @ 48.00, ER: 12.00, BBI: 1-48

A desperate attempt for a big win saw Australia swap Starc for Richardson as a ‘tactical’ change, hoping to have a positive effect on their death bowling. Richardson, playing his first T20 World Cup game in an eight-year-long career, ended up conceding 48 from his four overs, with one wicket to show.

Ashton Agar – 7/10

1 wicket @ 25.00, ER: 6.25, BBI: 1-25

The backup to Zampa, Agar did well in his solitary appearance, against Sri Lanka. He tied up the middle order with a neat spell, not conceding a single boundary in four overs.

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